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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Admit \Ad*mit"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Admitted}; p. pr & vb n. {Admitting}.] [OE. amitten, L. admittere admissum ad + mittere to send: cf F. admettre OF admettre OF ametre. See {Missile}.] 1. To suffer to enter to grant entrance, whether into a place or into the mind, or consideration; to receive; to take as they were into his house; to admit a serious thought into the mind; to admit evidence in the trial of a cause 2. To give a right of entrance; as a ticket admits one into a playhouse. 3. To allow one to enter on an office or to enjoy a privilege; to recognize as qualified for a franchise; as to admit an attorney to practice law; the prisoner was admitted to bail. 4. To concede as true; to acknowledge or assent to as an allegation which it is impossible to deny; to own or confess; as the argument or fact is admitted; he admitted his guilt. 5. To be capable of to permit; as the words do not admit such a construction. In this sense of may be used after the verb or may be omitted. Both Houses declared that they could admit of no treaty with the king. --Hume. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: admit v 1: declare or acknowledge to be true; "He admitted his errors"; "She acknowledged that she might have forgotten" [syn: {acknowledge}] [ant: {deny}] 2: allow to enter grant entry to "We cannot admit non-members into our club" [syn: {allow in}, {let in}] [ant: {reject}] 3: allow participation in or the right to be part of permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of "admit someone to the profession"; "She was admitted to the New Jersey Bar" [syn: {let in}, {include}] [ant: {exclude}] 4: admit into a group or community; "accept students for graduate study"; "We'll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member" [syn: {accept}, {take}, {take on}] 5: afford possibility: "This problem admits of no solution"; "This short story allows of several different interpretations" [syn: {allow}] 6: give access or entrance to "The French doors admit onto the yard" 7: have room for hold without crowding; "This hotel can accommodate 250 guests"; "The theater admits 300 people"; "The auditorium can't hold more than 500 people" [syn: {accommodate}, {hold}] 8: serve as a means of entrance; "This ticket will admit one adult to the show"
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